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Monday, September 24, 2007

Munchausen's Syndrome

It is defined as factitious disorder, or mental illness, in which a person repeatedly acts as if he or she has a physical or mental disorder when, in truth, they have caused the symptoms. This was named for Baron von Munchausen, an 18th century German officer who was known for embellishing the stories of his life and experiences—is the most severe type of factitious disorder.

Interesting..i thought this syndrome would never ever be diagnosed but today, I've seen a patient with this diagnosis. Before I continue, I better say sorry first to those non-medical people for again writing a medical post here...

So, this patient came in a wheelchair, with her husband I presume, telling the doctor that she couldn't swallow or take anything via her mouth. To cut the story short, she is here today to request an operation to reduce her gastro-oesophageal reflux! I have never seen an adult get this type of operation before, and I know those who get this must be very very very ill. This doctor turned down her request and she started to yell and say that she wanted a second opinion. She also do not want to see this doctor anymore. So the doctor happily discharge her from his clinic but this is not the end of story yet, when the doctor hand in to her the discharge form, which is instead towards her, he did it from her behind, she managed to take the form although she initially claimed that she is blind. FUNNY huh! . Later on, when we looked back at her previous records, she was being investigated for pseudo-seizures by the neurologist and have been changing GPs and hospital for number of times.

What am I going to say here is that these type of people should not be under NHS treatment. Orang2 di UK ni, diorg ni dapat benefit, macam zakat la jugak kalo kita nak kata dalam melayu, jadi ramai lah mereka ini yang berpura-pura sakit padahal tak pun, sihat walafiat je. Disebabkan diorg ni ada surat dari doktor sbb sakit2 tertentu, jadi mereka ni lebih rela pergi hospital setiap minggu walaupun duduk jauh sgt dari hospital daripada pergi bekerja. Sebabnya, diorg tau government akan bagi benefit yang banyak, cukup utk tampung hidup diorg malah siap boleh gi shopping lagi. Pelikkan ada jugak manusia camni.

Well, if we relate this back to Islam, sikap berpura-pura ini amalan syaitan. To be continued...

Alamak, da time utk berbuka la...

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